Shazam Movie Reportedly Won’t Include Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam

Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam will reportedly not appear in the planned Shazam! film. The actor has been confirmed for the role since 2014, and was originally supposed to have a significant part in the upcoming DC Extended Universe project but it appears that with the various change in production and narrative plans for films in the shared cinematic universe, Shazam is heading in a different direction without the villanous character.

Shazam was one of several titles that were put on the Warner Bros. docket for DCEU’s announced slate through 2020. The schedule has had some changes over the last couple of months with properties moving around and films …